• Dr. D.V. Nageswara Rao
• Dr. M. Rambabu

The pregnancy period is one of the happiest events in every woman's life. Every mother wants her pregnancy period to be healthy and smooth, but the experiences of pregnancy is not the same for all mothers. Every year about 6 million women become pregnant. We considered at least four or more ANC visits (as recommended by WHO) as a proxy indicator of ANC service utilization and aimed to determine the proportion of women adequately utilizing ANC services (i.e., four or more ANC visits) in poor urban areas. Further, we wanted to study the association of selected factors, such as demographic and obstetric profile, knowledge of maternal health care (MHC), attitude towards ANC, husband accompanying during ANC visits, and autonomy in decision-making of the study participants, with the utilization of ANC services. Overall, 85.5% of the RDWs took at least three ANC services during their pregnancy (95% CI: 81.8% - 88.9%) and 53.7% of them got registered during the first trimester of pregnancy (95% CI: 49.1% - 59.1%). All the RDWs got themselves registered for ANC. Reproductive health is a fundamental component of an individual’s overall health status and a central determinant of quality of life. Health workers are also expected to educate women about reproductive health problems. Reproductive health changes impact human society globally, and therefore, this paper analyses about antenatal check-ups, medicines & nutritional supplements, visits to the doctor for antenatal check-ups. The study selected the lowest child sex ratio Divisions in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh,

Child birth, Women, Reproductive, Hospitals, Antenatal check-ups, Pregnancy

"UTILIZATION OF ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES AMONG RURAL WOMEN IN KRISHNA AND GUNTUR DISTRICTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no.c823-c830, September-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409291.pdf

"UTILIZATION OF ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES AMONG RURAL WOMEN IN KRISHNA AND GUNTUR DISTRICTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no. ppc823-c830, September-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409291.pdf